Solomonoff induction is held as a gold standard for learning, but it is known to be incomputable. We quantify its incomputability by placing various flavors of Solomonoff’s prior M in the arithmetical hierarchy. We also derive computability bounds for knowledge-seeking agents, and give a limit-computable weakly asymptotically optimal reinforcement learning agent.

Response surface methodology (RSM) is a well known technique in industrial statistics to identify optimal process and product settings. Most of the work in RSM were motivated by applications soon after World War II. Box and Wilson (1951) and Box (1957) set o® a wave of research in design, analysis and assessment of RSM. Hill and Hunter (1966) gave a detail review of work done during the 1950's ...

Given a container of fixed width, infinite height and a set of rectangular block, the 2D-strip packing problem consists of orthogonally placing all the rectangles such that the height is minimized. The position is subject to confinement of no overlapping of blocks. The problem is a complex NP-hard combinatorial optimization, thus a heuristic based on genetic algorithm is proposed to solve it. I...

1975 was declared the International Year of Women by the United Nations. The first UN Conference on Women and Development was held in Mexico City in 1975 under the motto 'Equality, Development and Peace'. At this conference, the objectives for the first UN Decade of Women (1976-1985) were set: equality between the sexes was to be achieved within the framework of changed relations between North ...

There are many problems arising in the electrical networks. In that, voltage fluctuation and power loss reduction becomes a major drawback in the electrical power supply system. Hence it is necessary to enhance the system power flow by placing suitable facts devices. The placement of FACTS devices in suitable location can lead to control the flow of current and maintain bus voltages in desired ...